I posted about this car on this newsgroup in November and received lots of advice, but things here started to get very confusing and quite a bit negative. So, I decided to try to work with one reasonable person to work through it. I wanted to let this group know that the car is now running beautifully, as it always did.
For the sake of others, I wanted to let you know the problem. First of all, the ignition switch was the originator of the confusion. Parts of it were bad, causing some the downflow of current to stop. Once that was taken care, I went through the entire fuse box to find out that there were a few incorrect fuses in there (previous owner) and one that was essential to the fuel system function. Okay so now I have juice and the correct amount, so that nothing gets overloaded. Next step was the relays. Keep in mind that they were both brand new from Autozone, they picked them based on the car. The ECA relay was defective. It clicked, but the gate did not close all the way, causing the electrical current to stop there. Hence the fuel pump relay never got any current to close it's circuit. I purchased a new one at the Ford dealership and put it on, only to find out that the fuel pump relay was not the right one. It was manufactured to send current in the opposite direction, so I found out. Went back to Ford and got another relay, it turned over just fine.
So, the problems were: bad ignition switch
3 amp fuse where a 10 ampere should have been partially frozen ECA relay incorrect fuel pump relayI want to thank BeeVee. He has worked with me every day since I stopped posting here, which is a lot of days. He had faith in my ability to fix it, when I had none; and he never belittled or lost his cool with me. I wanted to publicly let him know that I appreciate all his effort. To focus in and find that combination of problems took a lot of hard work, calmness, patience, and persistence.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP BeeVee Take Care, Sharon